I have been a collector since I was a child.... mostly aimless & pointless collections. Nothing very valuable, not too trendy, and rarely in mint condition. Just a plethora of "stuff" that I've had fun adding to through the years. If I have at least 3, I consider it a collection. I'll be posting a different collection daily, Monday through Friday, and spotlighting some other marvelous collections I've discovered on the weekends. I hope you stop by often!

Sunday, October 2, 2011

THE WEEKEND COLLECTOR: Comic Character Pinbacks

Mark Lansdown is a collector of vintage comic books, and comic character pinbacks. He started primarily as a comic collector, and began collecting pinbacks as an interesting side line about ten years ago. As is often the case with collectors, he became obsessed with the hunt, and has now amassed an enormous collection, and a thoroughly entertaining website, where you can find pinbacks from the 20s, 30s, 40s, featuring such comic characters as Mickey Mouse, Yellow Kid, Little Orphan Annie, Dick Tracy, Popeye, and dozens more. It's easy to get lost in his site, with so many fun designs, variations, and colors. A dedicated pinback collector can spend years searching for just a certain, rare pinback- only to find it, and the information around it in Mark's site.

Here are a few of the fun pins from Comic Character Pinbacks. I hope you check out his site, and spend some time browsing through the fun pages.

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A few months ago, I discovered a wonderfulblogcreated by illustrator and designer Lisa Congden. She posted a different collection every day for the year 2010. Being a collector myself, the first thing I thought was that, although I love her collections and her lovely artwork & presentation, I think I have cooler stuff than she does! Thus, the idea for a copycat collector blog began. I can't say my idea is original, but I think my collections are fun, quirky, and worth spotlighting.Also note that I'm willing to part with some of my stuff. I will happily consider any offers for all or part of my daily collections. If the post is marked "FS", then consider at least some of it available.

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I'm a toy designer and illustrator by profession, and a graphic designer and digital scrapbooker by avocation.
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